Getting closer to getting on the road! #NewBookRelease in two weeks! #travel #camping #theallureofelsewhere
May 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Getting closer to getting on the road! #NewBookRelease in two weeks! #travel #camping #theallureofelsewhere
I'm on the road this summer--mark the dates and come hang out with me!
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
May 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm on the road this summer--mark the dates and come hang out with me!
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
I'm on the road this summer--mark the dates and come hang out with me!
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
May 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I'm on the road this summer--mark the dates and come hang out with me!
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
#booktour #authorevent #booksigning #meettheauthor #aboutlastnight #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife @milkweed_books
Dare I ask: are we there yet? We’re officially 2 months to go before my travel memoir exploring the power of family histories #theallureofelsewhere hits shelves, but you can get a head-start and #preordernow!
Can’t wait to hit the road with you!
milkweed.org/book/the-all...
Can’t wait to hit the road with you!
milkweed.org/book/the-all...
March 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Dare I ask: are we there yet? We’re officially 2 months to go before my travel memoir exploring the power of family histories #theallureofelsewhere hits shelves, but you can get a head-start and #preordernow!
Can’t wait to hit the road with you!
milkweed.org/book/the-all...
Can’t wait to hit the road with you!
milkweed.org/book/the-all...
Beyond grateful for @aimee_nezhukumatathil 's kind words about #TheAllureofElsewhere!
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April 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Beyond grateful for @aimee_nezhukumatathil 's kind words about #TheAllureofElsewhere!
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One of the first of many pearls I’m excited to share from my new book, out in May! As TVTropes would say, I had to give a #titledrop to for #TheAllureofElsewhere!
#authorquotes #bookquotes #bookbuzz #travelwriter #womenwhotravel
#authorquotes #bookquotes #bookbuzz #travelwriter #womenwhotravel
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
One of the first of many pearls I’m excited to share from my new book, out in May! As TVTropes would say, I had to give a #titledrop to for #TheAllureofElsewhere!
#authorquotes #bookquotes #bookbuzz #travelwriter #womenwhotravel
#authorquotes #bookquotes #bookbuzz #travelwriter #womenwhotravel
#theallureofelsewhere After my great-grandfather died by suicide, my grandfather and his brother set up an allotment to send some of their military pay to their mother. She banked it all and gave it back to them when they got home from war. She was a badass.
#familyhistory #memoir
#familyhistory #memoir
July 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#theallureofelsewhere After my great-grandfather died by suicide, my grandfather and his brother set up an allotment to send some of their military pay to their mother. She banked it all and gave it back to them when they got home from war. She was a badass.
#familyhistory #memoir
#familyhistory #memoir
Picked up the #Scamp from the shop (lovely to have the fridge back and functional) and IYKYK--
#travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife #theallureofelsewhere
#travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife #theallureofelsewhere
March 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Picked up the #Scamp from the shop (lovely to have the fridge back and functional) and IYKYK--
#travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife #theallureofelsewhere
#travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife #theallureofelsewhere
✨ Preorders now open!✨The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo, coming May 20, 2025! Thanks to Milkweed Editions and the amazing Mary Austin Speaker for such a gorgeous cover!
#amwriting #theallureofelsewhere #scamping #scamplife #solocamping
#amwriting #theallureofelsewhere #scamping #scamplife #solocamping
The Allure of Elsewhere | Milkweed Editions
One woman’s cross-country journey to explore the hold family history has on our lives, and the power of new stories to shape what lies ahead.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
✨ Preorders now open!✨The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo, coming May 20, 2025! Thanks to Milkweed Editions and the amazing Mary Austin Speaker for such a gorgeous cover!
#amwriting #theallureofelsewhere #scamping #scamplife #solocamping
#amwriting #theallureofelsewhere #scamping #scamplife #solocamping
#theallureofelsewhere Family camping, Babine-style, late 1920s. My great-grandparents weren't afraid to take two very small boys camping at the beach, apparently! #camping #beach #travel
July 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#theallureofelsewhere Family camping, Babine-style, late 1920s. My great-grandparents weren't afraid to take two very small boys camping at the beach, apparently! #camping #beach #travel
#theallureofelsewhere Sometimes I wonder how far back I could go and still recognize my dad's face in my ancestors. Dad, 1971; Grandpa, 1946; Great-Grandfather Bill Babine, 1920s. #familyhistory #travel #travelwriting
July 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#theallureofelsewhere Sometimes I wonder how far back I could go and still recognize my dad's face in my ancestors. Dad, 1971; Grandpa, 1946; Great-Grandfather Bill Babine, 1920s. #familyhistory #travel #travelwriting
#onthisday #theallureofelsewhere
"To know your history is to carry all your pieces, whole and shattered, through the wilderness. And feel their weight." —Sabrina Orah Mark
"To know your history is to carry all your pieces, whole and shattered, through the wilderness. And feel their weight." —Sabrina Orah Mark
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#onthisday #theallureofelsewhere
"To know your history is to carry all your pieces, whole and shattered, through the wilderness. And feel their weight." —Sabrina Orah Mark
"To know your history is to carry all your pieces, whole and shattered, through the wilderness. And feel their weight." —Sabrina Orah Mark
A little Mississippi River Iowa morning ASMR on this last morning in the #Scamp before I get home! #TheAllureofElsewhere is less than a week away!
May 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A little Mississippi River Iowa morning ASMR on this last morning in the #Scamp before I get home! #TheAllureofElsewhere is less than a week away!
#onthisday If you're reading along on this road trip down memory lane, I'm still on #PrinceEdwardIsland, and this small cemetery in Malpeque caused an emotional reaction I wasn't ready for.
#theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife
#theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#onthisday If you're reading along on this road trip down memory lane, I'm still on #PrinceEdwardIsland, and this small cemetery in Malpeque caused an emotional reaction I wasn't ready for.
#theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife
#theallureofelsewhere #travelwriter #womenwhotravel #homeiswhereyouparkit #camperlife #traveltrailerlife
#onthisday #roadtrip #theallureofelsewhere #princeedwardisland In which I'm reminiscing about driving the Confederation Bridge, the deluge of Anne of Green Gables pandering, and riding out a storm in a very small camper.
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#onthisday #roadtrip #theallureofelsewhere #princeedwardisland In which I'm reminiscing about driving the Confederation Bridge, the deluge of Anne of Green Gables pandering, and riding out a storm in a very small camper.
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
Introducing the OG Scamping Cats, Galway (tabby) and Maeve (Siamese). Their idea of roughing it was a Super 8, but we managed somehow and made great memories on this Nova Scotia trip. #theallureofelsewhere
#catsworld
#catitude
#catlife🐾
#catpics
#catsinstagram
#catstagram
#instacat
#catsworld
#catitude
#catlife🐾
#catpics
#catsinstagram
#catstagram
#instacat
May 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Introducing the OG Scamping Cats, Galway (tabby) and Maeve (Siamese). Their idea of roughing it was a Super 8, but we managed somehow and made great memories on this Nova Scotia trip. #theallureofelsewhere
#catsworld
#catitude
#catlife🐾
#catpics
#catsinstagram
#catstagram
#instacat
#catsworld
#catitude
#catlife🐾
#catpics
#catsinstagram
#catstagram
#instacat
Having a flashback this morning to Dublin as a tiny bebe--he came into my life two weeks after Galway (18) passed and for his first month, the Scamp was his home. He was so tiny he needed a box to get into the bed with me.
#catlife🐾 #catpics #travelcats #theallureofelsewhere
#catlife🐾 #catpics #travelcats #theallureofelsewhere
March 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Having a flashback this morning to Dublin as a tiny bebe--he came into my life two weeks after Galway (18) passed and for his first month, the Scamp was his home. He was so tiny he needed a box to get into the bed with me.
#catlife🐾 #catpics #travelcats #theallureofelsewhere
#catlife🐾 #catpics #travelcats #theallureofelsewhere
#theallureofelsewhere I cannot with these pics of my grandfather and his twin. Walt would go to with the Marines to the South Pacific, Gpa with the Army to Europe. When I asked my dad why his grandmother and uncle had the same death date in 1976, I never expected the answer to be murder.
July 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#theallureofelsewhere I cannot with these pics of my grandfather and his twin. Walt would go to with the Marines to the South Pacific, Gpa with the Army to Europe. When I asked my dad why his grandmother and uncle had the same death date in 1976, I never expected the answer to be murder.
#onthisday #roadtrip #theallureofelsewhere
A blustery morning in Quebec, though no rain, a pot of Maritime Mist tea and a mug of oatmeal at my awesome front dinette (that Dad and I built a couple years ago). Galway decided he'd been brave long enough and now he's hiding under the bedspread.
A blustery morning in Quebec, though no rain, a pot of Maritime Mist tea and a mug of oatmeal at my awesome front dinette (that Dad and I built a couple years ago). Galway decided he'd been brave long enough and now he's hiding under the bedspread.
June 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#onthisday #roadtrip #theallureofelsewhere
A blustery morning in Quebec, though no rain, a pot of Maritime Mist tea and a mug of oatmeal at my awesome front dinette (that Dad and I built a couple years ago). Galway decided he'd been brave long enough and now he's hiding under the bedspread.
A blustery morning in Quebec, though no rain, a pot of Maritime Mist tea and a mug of oatmeal at my awesome front dinette (that Dad and I built a couple years ago). Galway decided he'd been brave long enough and now he's hiding under the bedspread.
#ontheroad #theallureofelsewhere Halifax, Part 4: I mean, Peggy's Cove is a classic destination for a reason.
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
#traveltrailerlife
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
#traveltrailerlife
June 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#ontheroad #theallureofelsewhere Halifax, Part 4: I mean, Peggy's Cove is a classic destination for a reason.
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
#traveltrailerlife
#travelwriter
#womenwhotravel
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#camperlife
#traveltrailerlife
#onthisday #theallureofelsewhere Halifax, Part 3: I toured the Citadel, but Halifax comes out of order in the trip, so I did not know the Babins (before we acquired the E) were probably imprisoned there in the immediate aftermath of Deportation. Always give yourself a reason to go back.
June 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#onthisday #theallureofelsewhere Halifax, Part 3: I toured the Citadel, but Halifax comes out of order in the trip, so I did not know the Babins (before we acquired the E) were probably imprisoned there in the immediate aftermath of Deportation. Always give yourself a reason to go back.
#onthisday #theallureofelsewhere Halifax, Part 2: I came for #Titanic (thank you, high school obsession), but left Fairview Cemetery deeply affected by what I learned about the 1917 Mont Blanc explosion, which was the largest pre-atomic explosion. The blast killed 1600 and injured 9000.
June 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#onthisday #theallureofelsewhere Halifax, Part 2: I came for #Titanic (thank you, high school obsession), but left Fairview Cemetery deeply affected by what I learned about the 1917 Mont Blanc explosion, which was the largest pre-atomic explosion. The blast killed 1600 and injured 9000.
#onthisday Maeve has opinions about where we're going and how we're getting there...
#theallureofelsewhere #campingwithcats #travelwriting
#theallureofelsewhere #campingwithcats #travelwriting
May 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#onthisday Maeve has opinions about where we're going and how we're getting there...
#theallureofelsewhere #campingwithcats #travelwriting
#theallureofelsewhere #campingwithcats #travelwriting
#onthisday We made it to Thessalon, Ontario (no thanks to Ye Olde Logging Road...) and poor Galway faced his greatest foe yet: mosquitoes. #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriting #camping
May 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#onthisday We made it to Thessalon, Ontario (no thanks to Ye Olde Logging Road...) and poor Galway faced his greatest foe yet: mosquitoes. #theallureofelsewhere #travelwriting #camping
This is going to be an amazing reading you can enjoy from the comfort of your own couch! Make sure to register for the zoom so you can join us on May 26 at 5 p.m. PT / 6 MT / 7 CT / 8 ET! @terrainorg.bsky.social #theallureofelsewhere
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Online Reading with Elizabeth Jacobson, Karen Babine + Ian Ramsey - Terrain.org
Terrain.org May 26, 2025 Online Reading featuring Elizabeth Jacobson, Karen Babine, and Ian Ramsey. Registration required.
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May 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is going to be an amazing reading you can enjoy from the comfort of your own couch! Make sure to register for the zoom so you can join us on May 26 at 5 p.m. PT / 6 MT / 7 CT / 8 ET! @terrainorg.bsky.social #theallureofelsewhere
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